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Tag: Nonfiction

Review: My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden exposes the cruelty and corruption of the EU’s refugee policies.

Europe, Human rights, Italy, Libya, Migration, Nonfiction, Refugees, War

Review: An Immense World by Ed Yong

A majestic and intimate travelogue of animals’ sensory worlds.

Animals, nature, Nonfiction, science

Best books I’ve read 2022

My favourite reads of the year.

Australian, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, queer, Year in review

Review: Modern Nature by Derek Jarman

Sex, death, life, art — this diary about a garden has it all.

Diary, HIV/AIDS, LGBTIQ, Memoir, Nonfiction, UK

Review: Desire by Jessie Cole

A delicate study of needs and desires.

Australian, Climate change, Environment, Memoir, Nonfiction

Review: The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals by Steve Brusatte

A lively history of our mammal kin.

Dinosaurs, Evolution, Mammals, Nonfiction, Palaeontology, science

Review: Against Disappearance (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez)

A challenging, demanding and exciting collection of nonfiction.

Australian, Essays, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Writers of colour

Review: Wild Souls by Emma Marris

An incisive investigation into our relationship with wild animals.

Animals, Conservation, Nonfiction, science

Review: The Nutmeg’s Curse by Amitav Ghosh

A powerful retelling of the last 500 years of history – and where we go next.

Climate change, Colonialism, Environment, History, India, Indonesia, Nonfiction

Review: Passionate Friends by Sylvia Martin

A warm and erudite biography of love between to women in the early 20th century.

Australian, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, queer

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